Girls' name · peaked in 1993
Kassandra name popularity since 1925
33,528 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kassandra. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Kassandra is about 29 years old in 2026. Kassandra peaked in 1993 as the #120 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,528
- Named Kassandra, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,177 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 33,512 girls · 16 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 3.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Kassandra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kassandra births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Kassandra both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Kassandra became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 2,900 baby girls to 1 in 662.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 662 to 1 in 1,430.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kassandra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kassandra.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kassandra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 36 | 0 | #4,284 |
| 1950s | 119 | 0 | #3,669 |
| 1960s | 384 | 0 | #1,966 |
| 1970s | 866 | 0 | #1,614 |
| 1980s | 3,967 | 0 | #544 |
| 1990s | 14,529 | 16 | #183 |
| 2000s | 8,679 | 0 | #360 |
| 2010s | 3,747 | 0 | #756 |
| 2020–25 | 1,185 | 0 | #1,177 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
43.4% of babies named Kassandra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kassandra is most popular
The index compares Kassandra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kassandra.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3.11× | 1,247 |
| Texas | 2.39× | 5,804 |
| California | 2.37× | 7,777 |
| Florida | 1.50× | 1,672 |
| Washington | 1.46× | 753 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kassandra and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kassandra (this page) | 33,512 | 1993 |
| Cassandra | 170,902 | 1990 |
| Kasandra | 9,468 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kassandra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kassandra.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kassandra (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data